US Secretary of State John Kerry

US Secretary of State John Kerry

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday that the Obama administration has concluded "with high confidence" that Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces used chemical weapons in Damascus suburbs on Aug. 21. Doubts about the reliability of the intelligence on which officials are basing their case for attacking Syria are a consequence of the false testimony about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction before the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday that the Obama administration has concluded "with high confidence" that Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces used chemical weapons in Damascus suburbs on Aug. 21. Doubts about the reliability of the intelligence on which officials are basing their case for attacking Syria are a consequence of the false testimony about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction before the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. (Shawn Thew / European Pressphoto Agency)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday that the Obama administration has concluded "with high confidence" that Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces used chemical weapons in Damascus suburbs on Aug. 21. Doubts about the reliability of the intelligence on which officials are basing their case for attacking Syria are a consequence of the false testimony about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction before the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.